Patrick Ollier (; born 17 December 1944) is a French politician. He is the

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. He was a

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deputy for Hauts-Alpes's 2nd constituency from 1988 to 2002, as a member of the UMP. Secondly for Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency from 2002 to 2017. He was briefly the President of the National Assembly in 2007. He is the partner of

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, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the government of

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. He was elected on 16 June 2002, representing the

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, near Paris. He is president of the

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's committee on Economic Affairs, the Environment, and Territory. He is interested in renewable energies, and Africa, being head of the French-Libyan friendship group in the National Assembly. On 14 January 2007 he announced that he would be candidate to the presidency of the National Assembly, replacing

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, who would join the Constitutional Council. He ended up as the only candidate, as the opposition refused to take part in the vote, and was elected on 7 March 2007. However, and although he had expressed the wish to remain President of the Assembly, he was not chosen by the UMP group as its candidate for the presidency after the

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, and was succeeded by

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, who was the French minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Government of

from 14 November 2010 to 27 February 2011. Mr Ollier is an Honorary member of the Rotary Club of Rueil Malmaison and a public officer.

Public life

Ollier is

in the city of Rueil Malmaison. Rueil is a high-class suburb of Paris. He was a deputy of the

, and was its

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from March to June 2007.

Parliamentary work

Ollier, following General de Gaulle's social positions, is the inventor of the "Work's dividend" who has been taken back in many Government decisions and parliamentary works.

Renewable energy

In 2005, during a debate on energy law, Patrick Ollier presented an amendment on wind power known as the "Ollier Amendment." It aimed to raise the minimum electrical output of wind farms that qualify for automatic electricity repurchase by the EDF to those that produce more than 30MW (from the previous 12MW.) It also limited construction of wind farms to designated areas that were to be defined later. This caused an outcry from various environmental organizations. When faced with this opposition, the amendment was withdrawn.

SRU Law

* M. Ollier constantly worked to amend the SRU law (solidarité et renouvellement urbains) (solidarity and urban renewal) of December 2000, and specially to amend and decrease the quota of 20% of social apartments forced to the French municipalities. * Ending January 2006, the SRU law was decreased by the National Assembly of the French Parliament by the adoption of a Patrick Ollier and Gérard Hamel's amendment, in first lecture (which means in the Parliamentary procedure that it has the governmental support) on a law project (loi ENL). This amendment Ollier-Hamel allowed to consider some real-estate operation to social accession to property as some social apartments. The French Senate suppressed these measures in April 2006. * On 30 May 2006, in the National Assembly, on a second-lecture of the law project (ENL), Patrick Ollier proposed again one amendment against the 20% quota of social apartments (''logements sociaux'') forced to 740 French municipalities.

Africa

* Patrick Ollier is head of the France-

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friendship group of the French Parliament. He made several visits in that country, sometimes for the Élysée or the

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. Patrick Ollier's relations with Arab regimes, particularly with General

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were denounced in February 2011 by the French press and foreign. In its 24 February edition of the newspaper

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assert that Patrick Ollier "served as an intermediary for the sale of arms" between the

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and

. * Following Réseau Voltaire, he would have helped Elf to develop a plant in

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, ''Noir Silence'', Les Arènes, 2000, p. 406. * In the Clearstream affair 2, his name has been cited in the meeting of the 9 janvier 2004 between

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, Philippe Rondot and

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in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jean-Louis Gergorin cited then «''excessives links''» of Patrick Ollier with Arab countries. Le général Philippe Rondot aurait délibérément caché au ministre de la Défense que le nom de son conjoint avait été mentionné. Selon son témoignage, il avait reçu comme consigne de Dominique de Villepin de «''ne rien communiquer au

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''». Toutefois, il semble que son nom ne figurait pas dans les listings truqués de

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. Patrick Ollier s'est constitué partie civile dans ce dossier.

Official positions

Patrick Ollier took often clear position: signature of the anti- PACS petition (civilian agreement of common life for hetero- and homosexual), opposition to the ("IVG" - Voluntary Pregnancy Interruption) (abortion) reform in 2000. He refused to acknowledge the date of 19 March 1962 as "
Journée nationale du souvenir et de recueillement à la mémoire des victimes civiles et militaires
de la guerre d'Algérie et des combats du Maroc et de Tunisie''". (National Remembrance Day in memory of civilian and military victims of the Algerian war and the combats in Morocco and Tunisia) In June and July 2006, he worked actively for the

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of the French public company of gas

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and its fusion with

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to form

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Political career

Governmental functions *Minister for Relationships with Parliament : 2010–2012. Electoral mandates ''National Assembly of France'' *President of the

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: March–June 2007. *Vice President of the

: 1998–2002. *Member of the

for

( 7th constituency) : 2002-2010 (He became minister in 2010, and was replaced by Éric Berdoati) / Since 2012. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007, 2012. *Member of the

for

Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Alpes (; ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. It is located in the heart of the French Alps, after which it is named. Hautes-Alpes had a population ...

( 2nd constituency) : 1988–2002. Elected in 1988, reelected in 1993, 1997. *President of the Economic Affairs Committee in the National Assembly : Since 2009-2010 (Became Minister in 2010). *President of the Economic Affairs, Environment and Territory Committee in the National Assembly : 2002–2009. ''General Council'' *General councillor of

: 1992-2001 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998. ''

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'' *President of the Council of

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: since 2016 (indirect election). *

: Since 2004. Reelected in 2008 and 2014. *Deputy-mayor of

: 1983-1989 / 2001–2004. *Municipal councillor of

: 1983-1989 / Since 2001. Reelected in 2001, 2008, 2014. *Mayor of La Salle les Alpes : 1989–2001. Reelected in 1995. *Municipal councillor of La Salle les Alpes : 1989–2001. Reelected in 1995.

References

External links

Patrick Ollier's official website (in French)
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